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detrimental

American  
[de-truh-men-tl] / ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tl /

adjective

  1. causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.

noun

  1. a detrimental person or thing.

detrimental British  
/ ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl /

adjective

  1. harmful; injurious; prejudicial

    smoking can be detrimental to health
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Other Word Forms

  • detrimentality noun
  • detrimentally adverb
  • detrimentalness noun
  • nondetrimental adjective
  • nondetrimentally adverb
  • predetrimental adjective
  • undetrimental adjective
  • undetrimentally adverb

Etymology

Origin of detrimental

First recorded in 1650–60; detriment + -al 1

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